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OneSearch, one product Yahoo ( NSDQ: YHOO ) keeps highlighting despite through its own troubled times, has got another deal. The web-based version of the mobile search app will power search for Virgin Media's new mobile portal in the UK from December 8. OneSearch already this year inked similar partnerships...
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Hundreds of people waited in line last week to get their hands on the Blackberry Storm, the first touchscreen device from Research In Motion. Too bad the warning not to buy it didn't come until today. The highly anticipated phone was expected to be RIM's and Verizon Wireless' response to...
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In UK, a television ad touting the speed of Apple's 3G iPhone has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for misleading consumers, the second time this has happened there. It's easy to see from the commercial itself, created by ad agency TBWA/London, why the watchdog ruled against...
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-- Orange launching 60 TV channels in France: Orange is gearing up to launch a mobile TV service in France that will feature 60 channels of high-quality video on the carrier's 3G and UMA platform, Unstrung reports . The service is the first of its kind to use 3G and UMA (or Wi-Fi) to offer seamless...
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Vivendi ( EPA: VIV ) Games Mobile Europe is no more. Mobile Entertainment reports that European partners have received "Dear John letters" that effectively ends their contracts with the publisher. A snippet of the letter that ME has seen reads, "I regret to inform you that, following the...
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The use of the mobile internet in Britain grew eight times as fast as the growth of the wired internet, according to the latest study from research firm Nielsen Online. Of course, the actual number of Britons surfing the wired internet is still overwhelmingly higher. The Mobile Media View report found...
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Ad-funded, youth-targeted European mobile virtual network operator Blyk announced yesterday that it had secured a massive $50 million (40 million euros) in funding from its existing backers, which include Goldman Sachs, IFIC and Sofinnova Partners, no mean feat for a company whose business model relies...
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BSkyB ( NYSE: BSY ) is adding its channel lineup to 3's mobile TV offering in the UK. The satcaster's channels were already available through services offered by Orange , T-Mobile , Vodafone and in O2's now-finished mobile TV trial since 2005. Now the News Corp ( NYSE: NWS ) unit is bringing...
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-- Mywaves Adds Indian Studio Content To Platform: Mukta Arts , a 30-year-old film studio in India, is bringing its content to mywaves to promote upcoming films and pictures from its existing catalog. The new channel will include trailers, behind-the-scenes interviews, music videos, outtakes from films...
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In a bid to increase the amount of data its customers consume, Three UK launched its so-called "Facebook Phone" today--the INQ1--which Britain's smallest carrier and its handset partner INQ Mobile are calling the world's first social mobile phone. While the handset does indeed give...
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-- Thumbplay Goes On Deck with Cellular South: Cellular South is now featuring Thumbplay's mobile entertainment portal on the deck of many of its phones, marking one of the first times a U.S. wireless carrier has used a off deck content portal for its storefront. The store will offer 100,000 digtial...
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British broadcaster Channel 4 is shutting down its mobile ad sales operation as part of its £100 million ($157 million) two year retrenchment plan, reports Brandrepublic.com . The unit is being axed, along with its iTV, or "red button" ad sales unit, which has seen a "steep decline"...